FCA / First global factory, but in Brazil invested 2.2 billion – Asapress.net

Goiana ( Brazil) – With a investment of 2.2 billion euro (7 billion reais), FCA he has built in Brazil the new industrial Jeep and first factory global group . The plant was inaugurated in Goiana, in the state of Pernambuco, in the northeast of the country, the presence of Dilma Rousseff, the President of the Republic, the Governor of Pernambuco, Paulo Câmara, and the vertices of FCA, President John Elkann and CEO Sergio Marchionne . The first factory global FCA was designed and built by a team Intercultural and is, according to a note, the plant “ most modern and largest of FCA in the world and is state of the art in terms of production process and logistics management, adopting the highest standards of efficiency, quality and performance. “

The work lasted about two and a half : 3 of 7 billion reais were allocated for setting up Jeep, 2 for the park and the rest of suppliers for product development and other investments. This is the most significant investment in the automotive industry in Brazil last decade and one of the largest private investment in recent years. The new factory is equipped with 700 robots and covers a ‘ covered area of ​​260,000 square meters . The production capacity is 250,000 vehicles per year . Now builds the Jeep Renegade designed to markets of ‘ Latin America , but can produce three different models. Later this year, the industrial complex will employ more than 9,000 people , of which 3,300 in the Jeep factory, 4,900 at suppliers and about 850 in services. For FCA, the “construction of Pernambuco is a strategic plan for the international expansion of the Jeep brand.” In Brazil, FCA is a leader for 13 years , but the market is down.